CGX Subsidiary Acquires Hickory Printing Assets

HOUSTON—Consolidated Graphics (CGX) announced that Hickory Printing Solutions, a Consolidated Graphics company, has acquired certain assets of The Hickory Printing Group headquartered in Conover, NC. Hickory Printing was founded in 1917 and grew to be one of the largest commercial printers in the southeastern United States. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Hickory Printing Solutions offers web and sheetfed printing, mailing and fulfillment, variable printing, interactive services and packaging printing. It operates out of two facilities located in Conover and High Point, NC.

Stephen Patton, former president of Electric City Printing, a Consolidated Graphics company in Williamston, SC, has been named the president of Hickory Printing Solutions. George Glisan and Jeffrey Hale, formerly CEO and CFO, respectively, of The Hickory Printing Group, have been hired to serve in the same roles at Hickory Printing Solutions.